Despite efforts to “Reduce, Reuse and Recycle”, the world is generating more landfill trash now than ever before. Worse yet, our waste is projected to nearly double globally over the next 15 years.

Today, the average American throws out about 1,000 pounds of garbage each year. Americans generated about 250 million tons of trash last year, according to U.S. EPA estimates. Globally, we’re producing a colossal 1.3 billion tons of landfill waste annually, with a projected increase to 2.2 billion tons by 2025.

We may not be able to completely eliminate the garbage we generate at home and work, but by changing bad habits and encouraging reuse we can collectively take small steps that add up to a large move forward.